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- Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:32 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: emotional help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4244
Re: emotional help
Hi bhc962, Being diagnosed with any major illness is always a shock, denial in some form or another is not an uncommon initial reaction. I would suggest you both read through the articles here, https://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/ These are a reliable source, and should give you both some basic in...
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:35 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Vaccines for Covid 19
- Replies: 69
- Views: 128397
Re: Vaccines for Covid 19
As I understand it -
If you have had letters telling you to shield, yes, otherwise no.
If you have had letters telling you to shield, yes, otherwise no.
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 4:35 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Vaccines for Covid 19
- Replies: 69
- Views: 128397
Re: Vaccines for Covid 19
My wife and I had our Covid Jab on Sat, lots of people were given the same time on Sat afternoon, there was quite a queue outside in the cold for about half an hour. Not very good, a few just turned round, and went home.
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:35 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Fistula removal.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23564
Re: Fistula removal.
I think it works like this: First choice for a Fistula is the lower arm, this leaves the upper arm available for future use. If the lower arm blood vessels are not suitable then next choice is upper arm (in both cases the non dominant side) After that, the dominant side may be considered, if it not ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:45 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Vaccines for Covid 19
- Replies: 69
- Views: 128397
Re: Vaccines for Covid 19
My GP surgery contacted my wife to arrange her Covid jab at another surgery in town, eventually they reluctantly added an appointment for me.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 4:42 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Tips to reduce hypotension, please?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5248
Re: Tips to reduce hypotension, please?
Hi, Yes, you could try mentioning it to the staff. Fluid removal - The consultant usually makes an intelligent guess at a patients, 'Dry weight' (weight with no retained fluid). Patients are weighed before dialysis (Wet weight) the Dry weight is subtracted from the wet weight, this figure is the ret...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 4:38 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Fistula removal.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 23564
Re: Fistula removal.
I would expect about the same time as creating the fistula unless there are complications.
Also similar procedure, and time for recovery.
Also similar procedure, and time for recovery.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:17 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Tips to reduce hypotension, please?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5248
Re: Tips to reduce hypotension, please?
Hi, How is Mum getting on now? If she is still having problems, try asking her GP for anti sick medication. A long while ago, before I was diagnosed with Meniere's disease, at times I got vertigo just standing up, I prescribed an anti sick pill to tucked under my upper lip when required, it was very...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 6:04 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Vaccines for Covid 19
- Replies: 69
- Views: 128397
Re: Vaccines for Covid 19
Hi Thumps,
Lets hope you don't have any reaction, you must be one of the very few that react to vaccines.
Lets hope you don't have any reaction, you must be one of the very few that react to vaccines.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:32 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Tips to reduce hypotension, please?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5248
Re: Tips to reduce hypotension, please?
Hi Poppy, I have seen this in other patients for the first few sessions but as their bodies adjusted to Dialysis the symptoms subsided. Dialysis removes waste material out of the blood, and (if needed) removes excess fluid, with healthy kidneys this goes on all the time but on dialysis it is removed...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:19 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: should i go to hospital with GFR 22
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4679
Re: should i go to hospital with GFR 22
Hi deemaxxx. Thumps has offered you good advice, I would add, try to eliminate added salt from your diet, (to help to reduce blood pressure) and shift to the so called, "Five - a - day diet". Basically this is aiming at eating five portions of fruit or vegetables each day. If you are not g...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:43 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Waiting for more tests
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3949
Re: Waiting for more tests
Hi,
You need more test to find out what is wrong, there are many reasons for a temporary reduction in kidney function, some are curable, without more tests there will be no way of knowing.
You need more test to find out what is wrong, there are many reasons for a temporary reduction in kidney function, some are curable, without more tests there will be no way of knowing.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:39 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Advice please: support available at CKD stage 3A?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16624
Re: Advice please: support available at CKD stage 3A?
Hi,
Start by having a look at this sites home page there is lots of good reliable information there.
Start by having a look at this sites home page there is lots of good reliable information there.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 6:10 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Routine blood test showed GFR of 55
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5580
Re: Routine blood test showed GFR of 55
Best wishes.
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: The KPG Forum
- Topic: Routine blood test showed GFR of 55
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5580
Re: Routine blood test showed GFR of 55
Hi EnOu1209, GFR is usually eGFR (e stands for estimated), and is well known for being inaccurate but an eGFR is OK, it may become a problem if you became pregnant. With eGFR, it is best to look at trends in several blood tests rather than acting on a single reading. It is possible for the blood res...